North Vegas Kitesurfing Kite 2012
North Kiteboarding is proud to introduce the new North VEGAS 2012 - this is North's New School moves, competition kite. The Vegas 2012 particularly appeals to newschoolers and to riders who do not want to renounce on the conventional C-kite feeling but at the same time, retaining its freeride capabilities.
The 2012 North Vegas reinforces its legacy as an incredibly versatile C shape kite, integrating uncompromised new-school/wake attributes with free-ride comfort. The key to the Vegas’ versatility lies in a simple adjustment on the kite’s wingtip, offering three varied settings with the quick switch of a knot. These settings have been tuned to offer three very distinct modes to suit your preferred riding style.
Standard Free-Ride Setting:
The standard free-ride setting offers everything you would expect from a free-ride kite like loads of depower, responsive steering and predictable handling.
Freestyle Setting:
The second setting is ideal for taking your first steps into freestyle, offering noticeably harder bar pressure providing more accurate kite feedback and making steering slightly less responsive to practice unhooked tricks.
New School Setting:
The third option converts the Vegas into a fullblooded new-school / wake machine that sits deeper in the wind window and delivers consistent pull with a very limited de-power stroke. This is the preferred setting of our core freestyle team and allows you to do the most powerful kite-loops and offers the most explosive pop for powered new-school and wake tricks.
The North Vegas 2012 is a pure C-shape kite that embodies radical new school riding and delivers the precision feel needed to stomp today's most technical tricks and challenge tomorrow's limits. A no-compromise design that delivers massive pop, steady pull and a predictable, direct turning radius. Pull the trigger on massive mega-loops or unhook and launch into a mobe with the assurance of rock-solid pull and steadiness.
The Vegas delivers high de-power with the widest range of use although it’s a C-kite and gives you virtually no de-power for full-on powered wakestyle.
The 2012 Vegas: Style and conviction without compromise.
Further development of the 5th element system, allowed North to develop a true C-kite with great stability and rock-solid power, combined with maximum safety and de-power abilities. Reduced canopy segments and special construction translates into smooth, intuitive and playful turning characteristics that are easily recognized in kite loops where the kite climbs back up overhead for controlled landings.
All sizes offer an incredibly similar feeling in both turning speed and bar load, requiring nearly no adjustment time when switching kite sizes.
Two trim options allow you to set up your Vegas in either “Classic” or “New-school” modes. Classic freestyle mode provides high de-power and gives you the most versatile range for doing big jumps, un-hooked freestyle and even venturing into the surf. New-school mode gives you less de-power, extreme stability while unhooking and less sensitive bar reaction for doing loaded power moves.
5th line Freestyle High Depower Classic Setting:
Plenty of de-power and the classic Vegas feel you‘ve come to expect! This setting offers the most versatility and is ideal for free/wave riding, jumping and un-hooking.
5th line Freestyle / Newschool: Dedicated new-school feel, little to no de-power, extremely steady when unhooked and less sensitive to bar input for loaded power moves. All the safety and relaunch benefits of the 5th Element.
Front / Backline Power Distribution: When riding with full power in the Freestyle mode, the forces on the lines are split into 60 % on the front lines and 40 % on the back lines. Therefore, less steering impulse is needed to make the kite turn quickly. When riding with full power in the New School mode, the forces on the lines are split into 75 % on the front lines and 25 % on the back lines. This makes the back lines less sensitive, causing less movement while you are throwing an unhooked trick. More steering impulse is required to get the same turning as that of a Vegas in Freestyle mode.
Tip Turning Area:
In Freestyle mode the tip has a wider surface affected by the rider’s bar input. Therefore, the kite is much more sensitive and reactive in steering. In New School mode, a smaller surface of the tip is affected. More bar input is required for quick steering reaction. More bar stability means the kite will not “rise up” when you unhook making it easier to throw mind-blowing New School tricks.
North Vegas kite
Recently just began using the kites and have been impressed by there solid peformance.
First fly of the Kites i was on my 8 m and it was between 25-30 knots, having come from the torch my first impression was the control of the kite is a lot less harsher then the torch, it is more smooth through turns and general flying of the kite. The loops i prefer on the Vegas because it is less of rip and instantly felt in more control, boosting was also impressive! I was really happy with my choice of the 8 because it is not that fast that it makes unhooking and passes still fine but also allows for sweet loops. So far my 8 has been my most used kite and have been really stoked with its performance.
The 10 m i have used in around the 20 knots mark mostly, really solid kite similar to the 8m obvisouly but a bit slower, still loops and catches, is my favourite size for unhooking because it is more stable then the 8 and still has all the pop and slack etc..
14m had a super sweet sesh on tonight, its great you just park it and ride, people say that big kites are bad because they don't move and are boring, but i totally reckon anyone should get out on big kites you can ride in light wind, increasing your time on the water. So yeah its basically just sits there and is sick for learning new moves because the kite doesn't go all over the place.
Quality: Obvisouly nothing has gone wrong on it, and the material used is good and looks solid.
Bar: The bar grip is different this year, it is more comfortable and almost feels like gel, have had no problems with it slipping or hurting, similar to last years it terms of de power rope etc..
Overall: Really happy with the set up and my sizes chosen, recommend it for a 3 kite setup.
Declan
Declan, South Coast
